Carr, Anna Margaret, 1797-1872, Album of drawings of Switzerland and Italy, 1824
- Call Number:
- MSS 8
- Creator:
- Carr, Anna Margaret, 1797-1872
- Title(s):
- Album of drawings of Switzerland and Italy
- Date:
- 1824
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series I: Travel sketches
- Part of Collection:
- Oversize 4
- Provenance:
- Acquired 2009, Paul Mellon Fund.
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
- Scope and Content:
- A continuation of the previous sketchbook, labeled on the spine "II Vol 1824". Carr's Grand Tour continues on 9 Sept 1824 at Tourtemagne (Turtmann, Switzerland). She crosses through Simplon Pass in early September and moves southeast towards Como, south to Genoa, and spends the last week of September traveling east along the Mediterranean, with sketches concentrated in La Spezia, Livorno, Pisa, and Florence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (67 drawings) : graphite, some with watercolor ; 38 x 54 cm
- Genre:
- Pictorial works, Travel sketches, Graphite drawings, Watercolors (paintings), Diaries, Genealogies, Scrapbooks, Sketchbooks, Landscape drawings, Views, Charcoal drawings, Engravings (prints), Photographs, and Wash drawings
- Subject Terms:
- ChronGrand tours (Education)HistorySocial life and customsWomen artistsWomen travelers
- Subject Period:
- 1824-1899
- Associated Places:
- EuropeFranceGreat BritainItalyNorthumberland (England)Pisa (Italy)Switzerland
- Associated People/Groups:
- Carr familyCarr, Anna Margaret, 1797-1872Carr, Harriet, 1829-1889Carr, Thomas William, 1830-1912Cranworth, Laura Rolfe, Lady, 1807-1868Cranworth, Robert Monsey Rolfe, Baron, 1790-1868Eshott House (Alnwick, England)Lushington, Sarah Grace, 1794-1837
- Finding Aid Title:
- Carr family collection of travel sketches, scrapbooks, and genealogical material
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/24.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3305
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3305?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1